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A. Mesopotamia

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the role of priests in Sumerian civilization?

a)

Lead the economy

b)

Introduce new technology

c)

Communicate with gods

d)

Run farms

2.

How did a steady food supply affect the development of Sumerian cities?

a)

It allowed people to stay in one place to create a civilization

b)

It made it more difficult for people to travel.

c)

It ruined the quality of the land.

d)

It made living in cities unnecessary.

3.

What city became the center of Hammurabi’s Mesopotamian empire?

a)

Babylon

b)

Lagash

c)

Ur

d)

Umma

4.

Why were people in the Fertile Crescent able to trade with others in the area?

a)

They had extra food

b)

They ate everything they grew

c)

They spent all their time farming

d)

They lived close to one another

5.

Who were the first group of people to live in Mesopotamia?

a)

Akkadians

b)

Babylonians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Sumerians

6.

Which group of people held power first in Mesopotamia?

a)

priests

b)

farmers

c)

scribes

d)

soldiers

7.

Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

Cyrus the Great

8.

The Assyrians are probably most remembered for what?

a)

Trade

b)

War and conquest

c)

farming

d)

law code

9.

The early people of Mesopotamia used what form of technology to control the flooding of the rivers?

a)

chariot

b)

irrigation canal

c)

bow and arrow

d)

boat

10.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
11.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
12.

What is the term for a city whose ruler controls all the surrounding territory?

a)

City-State

b)

Nation-state

c)

Villiage

d)

Culture

13.
How did Sumerian farmers control the water supply?
a)
They built levees to prevent flooding.
b)
The dug canals to shape the paths the water took.
c)
They built reservoirs to store water for later use.
d)
All of the above.
14.
The job of a scribe was to
a)
write.
b)
develop laws.
c)
govern.
d)
make tools.
15.
What is the name for the system of writing developed by the Sumerians?
a)
pictographs
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
cuneiform
d)
symbolic
16.
Why was Hammurabi's code an important achievement?
a)
It was the first set of laws to apply to everyone.
b)
The laws and punishments treated all people equally.
c)
It was the first time laws had ever been created.
d)
The code described the structure of government and became the first constitution.
17.
After the fall of the Assyrian Empire,
a)
the Babylonians regained control over Mesopotamia.
b)
the Mesopotamian Empire rose to power.
c)
Hammurabi seized control over the crumbling empire.
d)
Mesopotamia reverted to independent city-states.
18.
Who conquered Babylon and brought the Neo-Babylonian Empire to an end?
a)
the Persians
b)
the Assyrians
c)
the Sumerians
d)
the Akkadians
19.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
20.
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
a)
scribe.
b)
cradle.
c)
Gilgamesh.
d)
ziggurat.
21.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
22.
Why was Sargon important?
a)
He united Babylon to create the first empire
b)
He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
c)
He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
d)
He united Babylon and created the first civilization
23.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
24.
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
a)
business class
b)
lower class
c)
middle class
d)
upper class
25.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
26.
The word "Mesopotamia" means
a)
middle of the fertile crescent
b)
land in the middle of the desert 
c)
land between the rivers
d)
land north of the sea
27.
Mesopotamians wrote on
a)
dirt
b)
rocks
c)
Paper
d)
Clay tablets
28.
Empires of Mesopotamia built __________________ to honor their gods.
a)
statues
b)
pyramids
c)
ziggurats
d)
roads
29.
True or False? Mesopotamians invented the wheel.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Fine dirt that is deposited when rivers flood.  This made land great for farming near the Tigris, Euphrates, and Indus Rivers.
a)
Silt
b)
Clay
c)
Sand
d)
soil
31.
Today, Mesopotamia is located in the country of ___________.
a)
Iran
b)
Syria
c)
Iraq
d)
Turkey
32.
The Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws...
a)
Cyrus
b)
Abraham
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Moses
33.
City-states offered protection to their citizens with...
a)
irrigation systems
b)
strong armies
c)
good record keeping
d)
walls around the city
34.
What is first needed for the development of a civilization?
a)
architectural knowledge
b)
food production
c)
military power
d)
mineral resources
35.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
36.
Pictographs used _____ for communication.
a)
Words
b)
Pictures
c)
Sticks
d)
Sign Language
37.

Who were considered the first civilized people?

a)

the Egyptians

b)

the Babylonians

c)

the Americans

d)

the Sumerians

38.

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called ______________.

a)

priests

b)

artisans

c)

scribes

d)

heroes

39.

Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

a)

Terraces

b)

Agriculture

c)

Irrigation

40.

Most city-states of Mesopotamia used ________ as their primary building material.

a)

Concrete

b)

Wood

c)

Metal

d)

Mud Brick

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